A Deeper Understanding of Place

Experience across art, culture, architecture, and interiors brings a distinct perspective to the way we see and understand space. Our approach is grounded in research and a close reading of context, identifying the conditions that can give each project its own identity: place, history, use, and the people it is designed for.

That context is not always found in the architecture itself. We look to how people live, what they value, and the cultural references that surround them, using these observations to establish a language for the project. Material, colour, form, and function follow from this thinking, rather than from a predetermined aesthetic.

This allows each project to take on a character of its own: specific to its setting, relevant to the people who use it, and considered at every scale.

Allison Hastings

Principal Designer, ARIDO Intern

BA Hons. Interior Design

Yorkville University

MA Art Business | Arts Management, Policy and Practice

Sotheby’s Institute of Art | University of Manchester

BA Sc. Hons. Art History | International Relations

Trinity College, University of Toronto